Improvement in thill-couplings



vG. w. DELAMATER & P. DEYLAMATER.

improvement in TMll-Couplings.

No. 130,624. Patented Aug 20,1872.

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GEORGE W. DELAMATEB AND PHILIE DELAMATER, OF RONKONKOMA,

NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN THlLL-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 130,624, dated August20, 1872.

Specication describing' a new and useful Improvement in ShiftinglThill-Clip, invented by GEORGE W. DELAMATER and PEiLrP DELAMATER, ofItonkonkoma, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York.`

Figure l is a top view of our improved device. Fig. 2 is a detailsectional view of the same taken through the line :t m, Fig. l.

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Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved clip forconnecting thills and poles to carriages in such a Way that thills andpoles may be conveniently shifted even when the thill-irons are atdid'erent distances apart; and it consists in the thill-clipconhorizontal anda vertical longitudinal slot, as shown in Figs. 1 and2. The horizontal slot is designed to receive the shank of the eyes B,to which the thill-iron eyes are pivoted by a bolt. The shank of theeyes B is made square so that it may tit in the slot of the clip A, andhas a square hole formed in it directly opposite the vertical slot ofthe `said clip A, to receive thesquare bolt G, which is passed throughthe vertical slot of the said clipA, the square sides of thc bolt Cresting against the square sides of the said slot. The bolt C is securedin place by a nut and Washer, as shown in Fig. 2. By this construction,by simply loosening the nuts of the bolts C, the the eyes B may beslipped along the clip A to adjust said eyes to the distance apart ofthe thill-irons of the thills or poles to be attached, enabling thethills or pole to be readily and quickly shifted. parts A B O that bearagainst each other are all made square or plane so that the said parts'may be firmly connected to each other without any tendency to turn orWork'loose.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The clip A provided with yokes or arms a', andslotted longitudinally with vertical and horizontal slots to adapt it toreceive the square shank of the eyes B and the square bolt C,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

GEORGE W. DELAMATER. PHILIP DELAMATER.

Witnesses: Y

JAMES T. GRAHAM,- T. B. MosHER.

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